Covid outbreak at Cranswick meat plant as 144 staff catch virus – just days after 75 workers test positive at nearby Bernard Matthews factory Norfolk County Council said there had been a ‘significant outbreak’ of Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak has hit Cranswick Country Foods site in Watton, Norfolk 300 members of staff at the factory have … Read more
Northern schools were the most disrupted by Covid, with a third of teachers diagnosed with the virus in mid-October living in the north-west, a report has revealed. This meant that at one point 710 teachers were absent from the region’s schools, leading to calls today for next year’s exams to be ditched in favour of … Read more
Another casualty of the 10pm curfew: Revolution Bars will close six venues putting 130 jobs at risk after Covid restrictions caused its takings to fall by a third Six Revolution bars will close as company looks to lower rent at seven other sites Bar sales at the company are 50 per cent lower compared to … Read more
Rioting, vandalism and looting erupted in Philadelphia on Monday night hours after police fatally shot a 27-year-old black man armed with a knife during a domestic disturbance call. Late into the night, growing anger boiled over into a violent riot near the Philadelphia Police 18th District building. Several officers were injured by bricks and other … Read more
Priti Patel ‘wants to increase counter-espionage powers’ of ‘Britain’s FBI’ to tackle threat of Russian and Chinese spies in Britain Priti Patel wants to give National Crime Agency greater powers to tackle spying Thousands of spies from the likes of Russia and China are thought to be in Britain Home Office insists no formal decision … Read more
Pictured: Father, 59, and two sons shot to death ‘in murder-suicide’ on Irish farm ‘following inheritance dispute’ The father, 59, and his two sons, aged 22 and 25, were found dead in Co. Cork They were named locally as Tadgh O’Sullivan and his sons Diarmuid and Mark There are no other suspects and reports say … Read more
Police launch investigation after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer ‘crashed his SUV into bike leaving cyclist needing hospital treatment’ Police are investigating a road incident involving Sir Keir Starmer and a cyclist Sir Keir exchanged information with the cyclist, who was ‘in a lot of pain’ Police have not named Sir Keir because he has … Read more
End of the loophole that let motorists dodge a road ban: ‘Exceptional hardship’ plea to avoid losing your driving licence disappears from sentence guidelines A legal loophole that let drivers with 12 points dodge road ban is to be closed Motorists can currently avoid ban by saying would cause ‘exceptional hardship’ In March, the Mail revealed there … Read more
Royal Mail boss hints that Saturday post could be scrapped because it is no longer ‘economic’ to deliver letters six days a week Royal Mail boss says delivering letters six days a week is no longer ‘economic’ Chairman Keith Williams says changes are needed to reflect customer habits During the first five months of this … Read more
Texas is preparing to send in 1,000 troops to five major cities across the state ‘to deter any civil disturbance’ post-election while stores in Washington DC begin to board up their windows Monday. Maj. Gen. James K. Brown, of The Texas National Guard, told The Express News the move would offer support to local law enforcement … Read more